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Jan 8, 2017
Can Silicon Valley cure cancer? Napster founder Sean Parker says yes
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, education, media & arts
No surprises here. We all have known that with tech in medical research and development would and will continue to solve many diseases such as cancer as we are already seeing with gene and cell circuitry technology.
Silicon Valley thrives on disrupting the traditional ways we do many things: education, consuming music and other media, communicate with others, even how we stay healthy. Bill Gates and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong know a few things about how to spend a lot of money to disrupt mainstream research while searching for cures in medicine.
Sean Parker hopes to join their ranks. In 1999, he co-founded the file-sharing service Napster, and in 2004, he became the first president of Facebook. Today, Parker announced his latest endeavor: a $250 million bet on eradicating cancer. Through the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, he says his plan is just a matter of time until it works.
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India’s financial transaction dilemma.
BENGALURU: Amid the big push being given to digital transactions post-demonetisation, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today said cards, ATMs and Point-of-Sale (POS) machines would become redundant in the country by 2020.
Jan 8, 2017
Synthetic diamonds could one day replace GPS
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, 4D printing, biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Syn Diamonds is a field that I have been educating many on the importance of in areas of QC, healthcare/ medical, and now we’re looking at transportation such as driverless cars. I told folks if we could have a joint venture with Intel and HP in this space; we could see these to companies re-emerge as leaders again just for this one area of technology. Who ever comes up with the 3D or 4D printer that can mass produce the quality we need in syn diamond materials in various scales/ sizes will dominate and make billions as this technology is a core piece to QC.
Lab-grown red diamonds with an atomic defect could one day replace GPS systems thanks to their remarkable sensitivity to magnetic waves, scientists have suggested.
A team at Element Six, a tech company based in Oxfordshire, are exploring the remarkable properties of crystals with a so-called ‘nitrogen vacancy defect’ — a gap in the atomic lattice at the heart of the diamond.
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Jan 8, 2017
China’s neighbors are getting a whiff of its terrible pollution
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: environmental
When I see articles like this one; I wonder when could another country’s pollution create an international incident or war?
It turns out China isn’t the only country choking on its smog.
Jan 8, 2017
Light-activated neurons hold bright promise for brain science
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: genetics, neuroscience, science
As I stated earlier, another example where we will see a convergence of tech and bio especially as we emerge QC forward and synbio technology such as gene/ cell circuitry. My guess when we mature these fields along with minerals like diamonds/ gem crystalized formation and their use in QC tech, we will began to wonder why we didn’t figure this out sooner.
When Edward Boyden was helping develop a tool to turn neurons on and off with light at Stanford a decade ago, he had a strong feeling it would spread far and wide. Even so, he’s been surprised by how quickly its fame has come.
“What I hadn’t quite anticipated was how fast it would take off,” said Boyden, who now leads the MIT Media Lab’s synthetic neurobiology research group. “It was almost as if the field was ready for the technology.”
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Excellent read for the new year.
We’re all familiar with the concept of sports coaching and personal trainers to help people achieve peak fitness, but what about the idea of a mind coach to help you reach your mental potential?
Some people are now turning to mind training to achieve their goals and see doing “inner work” as one important factor of success.
Jan 8, 2017
Light can be Used to Control the Logic Networks of a Cell
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: health, neuroscience, quantum physics
Another example where we will see a convergence of tech and bio especially as we emerge QC forward and synbio technology such as gene/ cell circuitry. We are finding so many synergies between Quantum and bio including the brain/ neuro networking, cell technology, human framework and pathways, etc. My guess when we mature these fields along with the minerals fiend we will began to wonder why we didn’t figure this out sooner.
New technique illuminates role of previously inaccessible proteins involved in health and disease.
Jan 8, 2017
Hour-Long Nap May Boost Brain Function in Older Adults
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: education, health, life extension, neuroscience
My grandparents taught me the importance of a power nap; and it does help.
We’re not sure what the boss would have to say about it if you suddenly downed tools and made a decision to have a little sleep, but new research has found that taking an hour’s nap after lunch can have a number of health benefits, including preventing brain ageing.
The study conducted among the older Chinese men by a team of worldwide researchers concentrated mainly on post-lunchtime napping and its impact on the health of elderly people.
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Jan 8, 2017
Nerf Gun prosthetic for Bionico
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBUwX3G81ow&feature=youtu.be
Solving a big problem: how you can play nerf if you miss a hand? We got a solution.